[Some] Publications
This is a collection of 52 short (300-500 words) meditations, arranged seasonally, commenting on my daily life and my faith. Also includes Questions for Reflection to use as journal prompts or in classes or small groups. Click here.
"My Bones Are Vexed" in In the World: Reading and Writing as a Christian, 2nd edition. Click here.
"Anointing With Oil." in Karamu, v. XIX, No. 2, Spring 2005.
"Anointing With Oil." in Karamu, v. XIX, No. 2, Spring 2005.
Poems online or in print
, Online
Rain. Evening. August Published in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily
No, You May Not Published in Poetry and Covid
Covid Christmas Published in Poetry and Covid
What the Sheep Know Published in Amethyst Review
How We Touch Now, Reading by Judy A. Johnson
In print
Flash Mob, Ohio Bards Poetry Anthology, forthcoming, 2023
Scanxiety, Common Threads, 2022
Glen in Winter, Sun & Shadow, Wood & Stone, 2022
Juliet at 70; Field Notes, Mock Turtle Zine. Issue 25, summer 2022
Sunday Night Pizza; Late August, Akron, Mock Turtle Zine. Issue 23, summer 2021
April Evening in Ohio, Common Threads, 2021
Looking for the Light 1st place, Best of 2021 (Ohio Poetry Day)
What I Couldn’t Take 1st place, Best of 2021 (Ohio Poetry Day)
Spring Clean 3rd place, Best of 2020 (OPD) (Ohio Poetry Day)
The End of the Drought, Mock Turtle Zine. Issue 19, Spring 2019
Meditation (milkweed) 2nd place, Best of 2018 (OPD) (Ohio Poetry Day)
Sleeping with Roget, Common Threads 2017
Lou and Hy’s Deli, West Market Street, 1967 Persimmon Tree Central States Poetry Contest, Winter 2017.
Yard Sale; How We Touch, Now; Second Childhood; Windfall From the Tower: Poetry in Honor of Conrad Balliet. Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2016
Controlled Burn Sycamore, Fall 2016
Wedding Supper, 1962; The Cottage in July, 1965 Mock Turtle Zine. Issue 10, December 2014
